Scalecommander Evoker Bombardments Attribution in Logs vs. Meters - Guide Writer PSA

If your Scalecommander Evoker's damage appears lower on in-game meters compared to logs, it's likely due to Bombardments attribution. Our Devastation Writer, Preheat, discusses everything you need to know about Bombardments and how you can properly assess your Scalecommander Evoker.

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Scalecommander Evoker & Bombardments

The War Within is in full swing and many Devastation Evokers are enjoying Scalecommander! I'm here today to discuss Bombardments bugs and how some of the issues from Augmentation with damage attribution are now also affecting Devastation.

Ever notice that your damage on details is lower than expected? Let's talk about why.

What are Bombardments?

Bombardments are a damage proc specific to Scalecommander that come from the Bombardments debuff applied by your Mass Disintegrate. While this debuff is present, you and allies have a chance to trigger a Dracthyr that will fly by and damage enemies. Bombardments damage is split. The damage does not scale up with additional targets in AoE, but Wingleader causes the cooldown reduction for Deep Breath to scale up to 3 targets. The duration can be extended by reapplying the debuff, or with Extended Battle.

Bombardments are a considerable portion of your damage and can be triggered by allies. Usually, there is an internal cooldown on the damage proc so that the damage doesn't scale out of control with larger group size. More on this later.

Issues with Bombardments Damage Attribution

Some of Devastation's damage now comes from buffing others via Bombardments. It's important to know that in-game damage meters do not correctly allocate damage that sources from Bombardments. Since Bombardments contributes Read more on wowhead.com